Department of Paediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Obes Facts. 2011;4(4):305-11. doi: 10.1159/000331013. Epub 2011 Aug 17.
We investigated mothers' possession and display of action competence to counteract or prevent overweight and eventual obesity in their children. Action competence is defined as a personal resource where the most important aspect is the individual's wish to take action and to believe in its benefit. It unfolds within the room for action as experienced by the individual due to action obstacles and action potentials.
In a case-control study, mothers of 111 overweight children (MOC) were compared with mothers of 149 non-overweight children (MNC). They underwent a semistructured interview about action competence, lifestyle, and their 7- to 9-year-old children.
Compared to MNC, MOC considered it more important to change habits, both for themselves (p = 0.003) and their children (p < 0.001). MOC were more motivated to change habits (p < 0.001), assessed their action competence to be higher (p < 0.001), and felt to a greater extent that they supported their children to achieve an appropriate weight (p < 0.001) compared with MNC. No difference was found between MOC and MNC in the assessment of their own room for action and their children's room for action.
Self-assessed room for action was not limited for either MOC or MNC, and MOC even assessed their action competence to be greater.
我们研究了母亲拥有和展示行动能力,以对抗或预防其子女超重和最终肥胖的情况。行动能力被定义为一种个人资源,其中最重要的方面是个人采取行动的意愿和对其益处的信念。它在个人因行动障碍和行动潜力而体验到的行动空间中展开。
在一项病例对照研究中,将 111 名超重儿童(MOC)的母亲与 149 名非超重儿童(MNC)的母亲进行了比较。他们接受了关于行动能力、生活方式以及他们 7 至 9 岁孩子的半结构化访谈。
与 MNC 相比,MOC 认为改变习惯更为重要,无论是对自己(p=0.003)还是对孩子(p<0.001)都是如此。MOC 更有动力去改变习惯(p<0.001),评估自己的行动能力更高(p<0.001),并且更强烈地认为自己支持孩子达到适当的体重(p<0.001),与 MNC 相比。在评估自己和孩子的行动空间方面,MOC 和 MNC 之间没有差异。
无论是 MOC 还是 MNC,自我评估的行动空间都没有受到限制,而且 MOC 甚至评估自己的行动能力更强。